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Dragoș Moldovan-Grünfeld
A data scientist with a strong multidisciplinary background and 5+ years’ experience in applying analytical techniques to commercial and regulatory challenges.
Selected Positions
Data Scientist
Mango Solutions
London, UK
present - 2018
- Built data-cleaning and wrangling pipelines
- Developed client R packages to handle tasks, such as: data ingestion, data cleaning, data wrangling, feature engineering and predictive modelling.
- Predicted propensity to churn for a client in the leisure industry using survival analysis.
- Forecasted sales of several drug-country combinations for a pharmaceutical company using various time series and machine learning models.
- Developed and improved R training materials.
- Tested multiple R packages using the {testthat} testing framework as part of ValidR.
Data Scientist/ Statistician
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
London, UK
2017 - 2016
- Improved the quality of the UK business register
- Linked education and revenue data for the first time in the UK (the Longitudinal Education Outcome dataset).
- Automated the production of official statistical publications by moving from SPSS, Excel, and Word to SQL, R and Rmarkdown.
- Built a geospatial machine learning model using a density-based spatial clustering algorithm to inform the UK industrial strategy.
- Created and delivered introductory-level training courses in R and QGIS.
Assistant Manager
Cycle Surgery
London, UK
2015 - 2014
- De facto ran one of the biggest cycling shops in London with 20+ staff.
- Maintained high standards and increased sales turnover by 20 percent.
Analyst
Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority
Bucharest, RO
2013 - 2007
- Represented the Commission and Romania in technical working groups at EU and national level.
- Gathered, interpreted, analysed data and developed solutions to policy challenges.
- Produced and delivered research insights into relevant areas (e.g carbon trading, investor protection, etc.).
Programme Manager
Center for Protected Areas and Sustainable Development - Bihor
Oradea, RO
2005 - 2004
- Coordinated the most complex programme of the NGO: the Apuseni Experience ecotourism programme.
- Designed, developed and implemented the first business plan
Education
MSc Environmental Sciences and Policy
Central European University
Budapest, HU
2006 - 2005
- Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (highest GPA)
BA Sociology with Statistics
Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca, RO
2003 - 1999